names for twin girls!

Girl Names
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my partner and i are expecting twin girls! we’re so excited but are stuck in the naming phase… neither of us can find names we like!

here’s our list:

marcella (marci) and penelope (poppy)

hollis and hazel

remi and hollis

nadine and naomi

rie and remi

poppy and piper

penelope (poppy) and clementine (clem)

liesel and corrine

emmeline (emmie) and everleigh (ever)

hazlee (hazel) and jaclyn (jackie)

waverly and astoria

hazel and noelle

brynlee (brynn) and brielle (bree)

i know there are lots of names but this is as far as we could narrow it down! let me know what you think :slight_smile:

PS our last name starts with ‘coe’ and ends with ‘n’

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First of all, congratulations! [name_m]How[/name_m] tremendously exciting! I hope all is going smoothly. :slight_smile: Now, I only picked my favorite names from your list to provide feedback on, so I hope that’s alright.

My favorites from your list…

[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] ([name_f]Marci[/name_f]) and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] ([name_f]Poppy[/name_f]) - Both [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] are classic, timeless, and elegant names with rich history all their own. However, depending on which country you inhabit, popularity differences may be an issue for you, unless you don’t particularly care about that sort of thing. In the U.S., [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] is recognizable yet rare enough, but [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] is becoming more and more common. Again, I’m not sure if it’s anything to be concerned about, but I thought I’d mention it anyways.

[name_f]Nadine[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] - Stunning choices. They’re both classy and cultured names, similar but different enough to not be too “matchy”, despite their shared initial. Hands down my favorite pair. You can’t possibly go wrong with either.

[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] ([name_f]Poppy[/name_f]) and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] ([name_u]Clem[/name_u]) - I think I like this set a tiny bit more than [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], simply because [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] have similar vibes to me. [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and [name_u]Clem[/name_u] would be darling names for sisters. :slight_smile:

[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] and [name_f]Corrine[/name_f] - They strike me as ballerina names, for some reason. Dainty and sweet, but not too frilly.

In order…
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] and [name_f]Corinne[/name_f]

I’m not sure if you wanted middle name suggestions or not, but I’d be happy to provide a few ideas if you’d like. :slight_smile:

Good luck!

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I’d think if scrapping Rie and [name_u]Remi[/name_u], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and [name_u]Piper[/name_u], [name_f]Brynlee[/name_f] and [name_f]Brielle[/name_f] (at least together). Personally I would just make a list of your very favourite names and then see if they go together, rather than working out pairs that aren’t necessarily both names you love.

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As they are in their pairs, my favourites are [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] & [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], and [name_u]Waverly[/name_u] & [name_f]Astoria[/name_f].

For twin girls, who will share most everything in their world already, I feel it important for them each to have their own identity dissimilar (different sounds and letters), but still connected (similar style or ‘feel’).

I think the above two pairs do just that, hence why they are my choices. [name_f]Liesel[/name_f] & [name_f]Corinne[/name_f], and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] & [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] also work well together, however, I am not overly fond of [name_f]Corinne[/name_f] or [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] myself.

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I absolutely love [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] ([name_f]Poppy[/name_f] is a fantastic nn, and goes beautifully with [name_f]Marcy[/name_f]!).

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I like [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_u]Remi[/name_u] and [name_u]Hollis[/name_u].

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I think for me it would depend on what you would name another potential sibling/boys names. Like for example if your choices for a hypothetical #3 would be [name_u]Sloane[/name_u] , [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] & [name_u]Avery[/name_u] then I’d go with [name_u]Remi[/name_u] & [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] or [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] & [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] but if your choices would be [name_f]Mara[/name_f] , [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Ella[/name_f] then I’d go [name_f]Liesl[/name_f] and [name_f]Corinne[/name_f] or [name_u]Waverly[/name_u] & [name_f]Astoria[/name_f].

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I’m loving [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] & [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]

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Congrats! I love [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]. [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] would also be cute!

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My favorite names are [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] & [name_f]Astoria[/name_f]. I like how they are both quite unusual but heard of. I’m not sold on [name_f]Marci[/name_f], though. My favorite nns are [name_u]Story[/name_u] & [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]. So I guess I’d choose [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], nn [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], and [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] [name_u]Hollis[/name_u]. I like how both middle names have two l’s - perhaps symbolic for twins? (Double love?) I also quite like [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] & [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] together…both strong, with the m sounds uniting them. Nns [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] and [name_m]Nim[/name_m] are cute, too. Maybe [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] & [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f]Corrine[/name_f]. That would be sweet with their initials reversed like that. Good luck!

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I think [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] are a great set. Also like the suggestion of [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]. A lot of the pairs have similar sounds but are different styles. I tend to prefer sets that have a similar style, modern, classic, vintage, etc. I would nix [name_u]Waverly[/name_u] and [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] as it’s very matchy, bordering on corny (for me anyway).

Suggestions:

[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] & [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] & [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] & [name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] & [name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] & [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] ([name_f]Marcy[/name_f] & [name_u]Romy[/name_u])
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] & [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] & [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u] & [name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
[name_u]Waverly[/name_u] & [name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u] & [name_f]Brielle[/name_f]

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Congrats!

Top picks -

[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (great nicknames)

[name_u]Hollis[/name_u] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (I quite like a subtle matchy)

[name_u]Remi[/name_u] and [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] ( I’m glad you didn’t use [name_u]Remy[/name_u] spelling as I think the [name_m]French[/name_m] prefer that for the boys)

[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]

[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Everleigh[/name_f] (close to being too matchy but both lovely names. I would spell [name_u]Everly[/name_u])

[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] - my fav!

Edits -

[name_u]Waverly[/name_u] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (I really like these two together!)

[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] and [name_f]Nadia[/name_f] (not a fan of [name_f]Nadine[/name_f]. [name_f]Nina[/name_f] or [name_f]Nora[/name_f] could be other good alternatives)

[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] and [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]

Least fav -

Rie and [name_u]Remi[/name_u] (too similar and Rie seems incomplete)

[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and [name_u]Piper[/name_u] (too matchy and cutesy)

Hazlee and [name_f]Jaclyn[/name_f] (Hazlee sounds made up, [name_f]Jaclyn[/name_f] is the wrong side of dated. Different styles)

[name_f]Brynlee[/name_f] and [name_f]Brielle[/name_f] (too similar especially the matching start of each name. I really like [name_f]Bree[/name_f] and [name_f]Brynn[/name_f] as a full names but not together)

You have some exciting options! I’m a little jealous I don’t get to choose two names haha

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I love [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]! (I mean [name_f]Marcy[/name_f] and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], how could I not love it?!)
Also [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]. Have you considered [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]?

You seem to really love the names [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] though. They both pop up a lot on your list! If you don’t end up using them as firsts I could definitely see them in the middle spot, like [name_f]Astoria[/name_f]/[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]. Or [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_u]Hollis[/name_u].

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My favourite name pairings are [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Liesel[/name_f] and [name_f]Corinne[/name_f].

If you are open to other pairings I like [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f].

Some other names you may like are [name_f]Nadia[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Holly[/name_f], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f], [name_f]Celia[/name_f], [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_u]Eloise[/name_u], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] or [name_f]Isobel[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Livia[/name_f], [name_f]Faye[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Paige[/name_f], [name_f]Serena[/name_f], [name_u]Blair[/name_u], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f].

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Congrats! Here are my favorite pairings you mentioned:

[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (poppy) and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] (clem) – This might be my favorite pairing on here. Neither name is my personal style, but they both go very well together and would make a wonderful twin pairing!

[name_u]Waverly[/name_u] and [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] – This is an intriguing, very modern combo of names. I like them both and I think they go well together. But be prepared for a few weird looks when you tell people their names–most people haven’t heard either of these in daily use. Regardless, these are lovely.

The rest of your pairings I generally found to be too cutesy for adult women to carry, or they just weren’t my style.

A general note for you: twin names do not need to be “matchy.” They don’t need to begin with the same letter or have a rhymey sound. Picking two names you like is a perfectly good strategy. Also, with twins sometimes you’ll need to write initials on something and it can help if their names start with different letters!

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I am positively swooning over [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_u]Hollis[/name_u]. So gorgeous, they both have a playful, yet sophisticated balance I think is sometimes hard to achieve. Congratulations and best of everything with your pregnancy!

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Lots of good advice already (@gabriellenz sums it up for me!) but just to chime in, as a twin, that being one can be tricky especially at certain ages and contexts so to also caution against too matchy and too cutesy. People already call you “the twins” and can benignly infantalise you for longer than you really want, so it’s nice to have two adult-friendly names and names that are in same style and of similar quality, but not intensely matching and not gimmicky-cute.

[name_m]How[/name_m] exciting! Congratulations!

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Oh I love [name_u]Remi[/name_u] & [name_u]Hollis[/name_u]. I would spell it [name_u]Remy[/name_u] since it is less common for a girl and that’s is closer to [name_u]Hollis[/name_u]’ popularity in the charts.

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[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] are by far my favourites of your list! I like [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] too but I think I prefer [name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] as I don not like alliteration names too much.

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marcella (marci) and penelope (poppy)… really cute, but would you be upset if they end up [name_f]Marci[/name_f] and [name_f]Penni[/name_f]?

nadine and naomi… these are Jewish to me, so if you’re Jewish then perfect!

penelope (poppy) and clementine (clem)… and [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] ([name_f]Marci[/name_f]), pick any 2 of the 3. [name_f]Marci[/name_f] and Clemmi are cute together. :slight_smile:

liesel and corrine…Would you call them [name_u]Lisa[/name_u] and [name_u]Cory[/name_u]?

emmeline (emmie) and everleigh (ever)…way too much alike!

hazlee (hazel) and jaclyn (jackie)…No, just no.

waverly and astoria… sound lovely together. Would you call them Wavy & [name_f]Tori[/name_f]? Verly & [name_f]Tory[/name_f]?